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Update

25 July 2024

FAO and Argentina exchange experience and seek collaboration in locust management in South America

FAO and Argentina's agricultural agency Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) have engaged in a productive exchange of knowledge and experience in locust management and control.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters

Update

26 March 2024

Blighted by river flooding, Uruguay and Argentina look to adapt

Flooding along the countries’ shared Uruguay River has become more frequent and severe. A UN fund is aiming to boost adaptation efforts.

Dialogue Earth

Update

13 February 2024

‘We are in an era of megafires’: new tactics demanded as wildfires intensify across South America

Recent blazes in Chile and Argentina have highlighted the need for better environmental laws as the climate crisis deepens.

Guardian, the (UK)

Documents and publications

25 October 2023

Argentina seismic risk profile

This seismic risk profile of Argentina, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Update

17 October 2023

Indigenous communities in Argentina participate in disaster risk management

Through active participation, indigenous communities of the Argentine Gran Chaco are exercising their rights and contributing their ancestral knowledge to disaster risk management.

Sphere

Research briefs

29 June 2023

Expanding large-scale agriculture is escalating flooding in the largest South American breadbasket

A new study revealing that huge expansions of extensive large-scale agriculture is making the South American plains more vulnerable to widespread flooding should act as a “wake-up call”, say researchers.

Lancaster University

Update

16 March 2023

Why is Argentina facing a heatwave like no other in its history?

The early days of March have seen record-breaking temperatures in parts of Argentina. Experts say that while the La Nina weather phenomenon has driven the heatwave, climate change may be making matters worse

Firstpost

Update

15 March 2023

Heat wave: risks and consequences that football players assume for playing in temperatures of 40 degrees

Unbearable. so is this extremely hot ride that has far surpassed the weather records of the last 62 years in many regions of the country. Thermal sensations exceeding 40 degrees overwhelm most of the provinces of Argentina.

News Rebeat